Labour controlled Sheffield City Council will see over £500,000 less investment through the ‘New Homes Bonus’ fund next year, after Labour councillors failed to bring homes back in to use or promote the development of new local houses. The New Homes Bonus, which was introduced by the Coalition Government, rewards local councils for building – [...]
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Alison Brelsford writes: Sheffield Labour’s plans for housing – 6 months of dithering
Have you heard the one about the Council that made cutbacks while a £2 million Government fund sat in the bank unspent? When you can’t open a newspaper in Sheffield without a Labour politician complaining about a lack of funding, you might find this hard to believe but oddly enough it’s true. Sheffield City Council [...]
Six months of dithering sees 6,469 Sheffield homes stay empty
Local Liberal Democrats can reveal that since receiving a £2,000,000 Government fund to help boost the local housing supply over six months ago, not one penny has been spent by Labour controlled Sheffield City Council. The Council received the extra investment through the Coalition Government ‘New Homes Bonus’ policy at the start of the financial [...]
Plea to let tenants decide their own future
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors on Sheffield City Council have reacted to the news that Labour will consult on the future of Sheffield’s Council homes. Labour councillors have changed the previous Lib Dem consultation plan so that (1) politicians rather than tenants choose what options to consult upon, (2) there is no binding tenants vote and (3) politicians [...]
Labour’s £195,000 Council flat shame
Figures revealed by local Liberal Democrats have shown that each new socially rented flat, or council flat, created as part of the Park Hill development will cost the taxpayer the equivalent of at least £195,000 each. The news comes as a major embarrassment for the Labour controlled City Council, who began and support the project [...]
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Local Elections 2012
